$100 of Vegetables a Week. Minimal Effort. Here's How...

It's no secret that this year has been a tricky one for gardeners all over the world; whatever your weather. So what is Ben's secret to a productive garden? Why do my cauliflowers look like an old tissue I found in my pocket and Ben's look like the Crown Jewels?
Fear not. In this week's episode, Ben spills the beans and reveals all his secrets to how to achieve success in the garden and takes us for a sneaky peek behind the scenes.

For our video on curing onions, see

For our recent watering video, see

[notforwantoftrying]

haha your daughter is the cutest thing ever

[cathyc]

Isla is a breath of fresh air! Love passing gardening on to the next generation.

[divin-inarizona]

Dear Ben: Please keep naming your vids whatever you want. Just keep making them. A loyal fan. ❤❤❤

[aalejardin]

Good for Isla, her bed looks beautiful.

[suepowlesland]

I wish gardeners could occasionally swap weather! You need some warm sun Ben and we need a break from our heatwave. Nineteen days of 35 to 40 here in southern BC🌞

[trapped]

Another great video Ben!! Loved seeing Isla and her interest in the garden!!
I remember…whew, about 65 years ago now (where did that time go?) I was a Daddy’s girl and he loved his vegetable garden, so I spent every spare moment with him 💞. Daddies are special to little girls ❣️
God Bless you and yours Ben. Hopefully it warms up a bit for you. We (Southern Indiana)have been in mid to upper 90’s F for more days than I care to count .
Happy Gardening everyone!!!

[karenrose]

I love your enthusiasm and the knowledge you share in your videos. Thank you!

[minivandreamin]

Your daughter is precious! Glad to meet her. Thanks for the tour, Ben!

[twelvesmylimit]

Aww, lovely to meet Isla. She's adorable. 😊

[racheltree]

Your video cheered me up when I realised my tomatoes & cucumbers are same stage as yours. Phew. Well done Isla, future gardening career in offing!

[erikacarter]

New subbie here, I’ve been watching your videos for awhile now and I love and enjoy your garden.🤗Been growing for 10 months now and absolutely love it.

[lew]

Im finding that this year I want to freeze the onions instead of dry because you can chop the whole onion and the greens to make almost 50% more onionage. Actially eating a full plant has a health benefits if you check it out online.

The flavour with the greens and the bulb creates a rounded flavour and you lose the greens when drying them out. Especially with curry. I Believe many cultures would have originally used it all and we adopted the industry version that sells the bulb.

[DuluMorgova]

I love your videos your voice is so soothing to an American 😂

[jencros]

Lovely to see how Isla's growing over the years.

[AgnesAtelier-hnpb]

Thank you so much! Now I know I'll have to harvest the potatoes (1 plant) and cut the damaged leaves on the pumpkins. I tried the '3 sisters' on 2 containers. One two pumpkin plants made it with 5 Mini mix pumpkins growing. The other container 1 bean, 1 corn stalk with 2 cobs Zlota Karlowa 😊 1 pumpkin plant Chiogga with 1 pumpkin growing.
The chayotes are just putting leaves, no fruit. But I'm happy to report I have the 1st tomato Noire de Crimée of the season almost ripe. The Gardeners delight tomatoes are blooming.
I covet 🤗 your kales!! It could look great in a pot, kind of palmetto mixed banana tree look.

[LNigav]

did you ever notice or care for the moon cycles with planting, repotting etc.?
i can notice a real difference, especially when sowing and planting with the new and waxing moon

[Gardeningchristine]

If you have tomato horn worm, basil is good at deterring them, but it can get very large, so a different pot might be needed if you’re having trouble keeping up with watering.

[lifestapestry]

So glad I started everything in Feb this year, either indoors or in the greenhouse, then planted outside...The weather this year has put most of us back by at least a month.

[christymartin]

Love seeing children getting involved in gardening

[christinebrooks]

Hi Ben, Isla definitely takes after you with the growing, well done Isla, your bed is looking lovely ❤ Ben, another great video. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊